Power-generator.



V. C. DE YBARRONDO. TOWER GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED 00120, 1909.

1,028,414. Patented June 4,1912.

V INCENT C. DE YBARRONDO, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

POWER-GENERATOR.

' PatentedJune i, 1912.

Application filed October 20, 1909. Serial No. 523,691.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, VINCENT 0.1m vYEAR- RoNno, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Los Angeles,in .the county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented new and useful Improvements inPower-Generators, of which the following is a specification.

This lnvention relates to power generators and more partlcularly togenerators of steam power; and it has for its object to,

provide means for electrically heating Water or other medium or unediafor the conversion of the same into steam or for the electrolyticdissolution of the same into volatile or gaseous pressure medium.

Theinvention has for its particular object the provision of means forelectrically heating the contents of a'steam boiler to convert watertherein to steam, according to the general principle of organization andfunction attaching to the invention constituting the subject matter ofan application for Letters Patent for power generators filed by me July22, 1909, Serial Number 508,97 9 and the particular means constitutingthe present invention I have devised with objects of improvement in viewrelating to simplicity of construction and organization, efficiency andeconomy in operation, convenience in control, and general enhancedserviceability, the employment of the improvements being accompanied bythe and features all as hereinafter described,

shown in the drawing, and finally pointed obviation of the production ofashes and.

other by-products of the combustion of coal and other fuel.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists in the novel production, construction,combination, assemblage and relative arrangement oi parts, elements outin claim. V

In the drawing Figurel is a top plan View, partly in; section and partlybroken away for clcari'iess of llll.lStI'zlllOll,-Of a loco-- motlveengine and tender and part of the railway therefor, a boiler of theengine being shown as provided with steam generating means organized andapplied in accordance with the invention; and Fig. 2 is a detailedtransverse sectional view taken from the boiler shown in Fig- 1; saidsectional view being accompanied by a diagrammatic showing of members oran electrical circuit employed in carrying out the invention. I

Corresponding parts in both figures are denoted by the same referencecharacters.

Referring with particularity to the drawings, A designates powergenerating means comprising a container a which is supplied with themedium from which the power is to be generated, and electricity supplymeans I; through the agency of which electric energy is produced andconducted to and passes through or'caused to act upon the medium orsubstance in the container at.

The container 11 is illustrated asthe boiler of v a locomotive. 'Theelectricity supply means '6 are illustrated as mounted upon the tender 0of the locomotive, jointed con: ductors (1 extending between the tenderand the locomotive boiler. for serving the latter with electric energy.The electric energy is produced by a generator a mounted upon the tenderand operated by a motor f'shown as directly connected with thegenerator;

the motor being indicated as of the internal combustion type. The motoris conveniently supplied with gasolene .or. other petrol from a storagetank 9 mounted upon the tender. The I generator and motor and petroltank may be accommodated in any suitable arrangement upon the tender inconnection with the water tank h for supplying the boiler (1.

Within the boiler a are provided two electrodes is and Z respectively;-both electrodes being connected with the generator 0 through the jointedconductors d; and both electrodes beinginsulated from the remainingparts of the locomotive and its boiler. Each of the electrodes isreceived'at its rearward end in an insulating sleeve 3 which is securedin the rearward end'portion of the boiler; and each electrode iselongated in form, being received at its forward end in connection withan insulating prop or holder 4 rising from the lower portion of theboiler.

As shown in Fig. 2, a storage battery or batteries on may beincorporated in the elecv trical circuit which includes the generator emounted upon either the tender or loc omo-- tive; but preferably thestorage battery proper points upon the rheostat.

The operation, method of use, and ad vantages of the improved powergenerating means constituting the invention will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description taken' in connection with theaccompanying drawing and the following statement :---VVlien electricenergy is passed to and through the electrodes 70 and Z from the electrjpity supply means I), under control of the rheostat 0, either directlyfrom the generator 0 or indirectly from the storage battery m, the waterin the boiler a hav ing the electrodes will be electrified, andresisting the passage of the electric energy through the same, will beheated to a degree proportionate to the volt-age of the electricalcurrent supplied. A sufficient voltage being provided, the water will becaused to boil, resulting in the generation of steam whichwill pass tothe cylinders of the lo comotive and cause the operation of the latterin the usual manner. As the steam generation will be proportionate indegree to the potential ofthe 'electrical'current passed through theelectrodes and the conductors at, such generation may be increased ordiminished, or te minated and againinitiated at.

will, by pr determined manipulation of the rheostat 0 which may thusserve as a switch as well as a resistance agency; or, if preferred, aseparate circuit maker and breaker may be employed, although the same isnot illustrated in the drawing'.

The action of the electric energy in its passage through the medium,such as water, in the boiler or container at, is electrolytic in nature;and in common with the invention constituting the subject of theapplication hereinabove referred to, the invention comprchends broadlythe utilization of any liquld or other medium within the container forthe purpose of producing a gaseous or other pressure medium which may beutilized for power purposes.

It will be understood that the invention may. be practised in connectionwith stationary engines as well as motor or traction engines. Thecontrol of the pressure medium generation and application is, therefore,according to the invention, extremely convenient and simple, theproduction of ashes, smoke or other products of combustion such asattend the use of coal or other fuel being obviated. The power generatorhas all the advantages of an electrical motor without the expense andcosts incident to the installa 'on and maintenance of the latter. But incontradistinction to the invention in the application above referred to,in its entirety, the present invention makes provision for electricitysupply means upon or in connection with the locomotive or other engine,so that such steam generator, or other generator of.pressiire medium, isorganized as a complete unit for the production of the pressure medium,beingthus independent of any central station or remote point of powerproduction. In the case of a locomotive engine, the same while retainingits nature as a steam roducer and consumer is, therefore, accor in tothe present invention, organized an equipped for the production andutilization of electric energy for the production of the steam, theentire mechanism, as a motor, being self-contained and unitary inrespect both to the production and consumption of its propelling energy.90

vI do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the specificprovision, construction, formation, combination, applica tion andrelative arrangement of parts, members and features shown and described;but reserve the right to vary same, in adapting the invention to varyingconditions of use, without departing from the spirit of the invention orthe terms of the following claim. Having thus described my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A traction engine including a boiler and a tender detachably connectedto the boiler, 105 a pair of insulating sleeves fitted in one end of theboiler a pair of electrodes projecting into the boiler and having theouter ends thereof received within the said insulating sleeves, the saidelectrodes comprising rods 110 which are disposed longitudinally'withre-' spect to the boil er and having a parallel re lation to each other,insulating props su porting the free ends of the, electrodes within theboiler, means upon. the tender for 115 generating an electric current,and conductors for conveying the electric c urrent to the electrodes ofthe boiler. i I

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence 120 of two subscribing witnesses.

VINCENT C. on YBARRONDO.

Witnesses Finn) A. MANSFIELD,

RAYMOND I. BLAKESLEE.

